The NHS could offer targeted prostate cancer checks at a lower cost than breast screening at just £18 per patient, a major report reveals today. A lifesaving prostate screening programme would require ...

It comes as leading experts weigh up whether to recommend a new NHS screening programme for the disease, like those in place for breast, cervical and bowel cancer PROSTATE cancer screening for all men ...

London: A roster of high profile advocates, including sportsmen, actors, two previous prime ministers and over 100 MPs, have recently joined patient groups and charities in calling for a UK national ...

The UK National Screening Committee (NSC) has advised against universal prostate cancer screening, saying routine testing is “likely to cause more harm than good.” However, it proposed targeted ...

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A screening programme for prostate cancer for all men in the UK is not justified, according to a hugely influential group of experts. Instead they say only men with specific genetic mutations that ...